Example sentences of "has [verb] [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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1 | The Ugandan capital Kampala has seen the devastating effect that civil war has on a sophisticated engineering scheme . |
2 | As such , I must be one of the few hon. Members who has seen the practical effects of the implementation of legislation such as this , and not simply the ideology behind it . |
3 | I was very nervous and worried I might damage the fish , but I did n't and she has suffered no ill effects . |
4 | Research has shown the harmful effects of stress on the mother and fetus . |
5 | The new legislation regarding seat belt wearing in the rear seats of cars which came into effect on 1 July 1991 has had a downward effect on the number of rear seat car passenger casualties . |
6 | The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ . |
7 | They anticipated a number of significant developments which subsequently took place , like the setting up of a local authority for the Western Isles which has had a stimulating effect on the whole life of the area . |
8 | By 1987 Wilmink was able to conclude that the Act ‘ has had a stimulating effect on the development of plans for the construction of bicycle tracks ’ and that ‘ attention to bicycle facilities in all stages of planning , design and maintenance of the infrastructure has become common practice . ’ |
9 | According to Richard Porter , RSPB head of species management , " deliberate persecution has had a crippling effect on some of our rarest birds of prey " . |
10 | I just wanted to tell you that I glanced at your book while cleaning my master 's study ( he is a doctor ) and it has had a terrible effect on me . |
11 | Although the next quarter is also expected to be bleak for Proteon — the near-collapse of the absurd European Exchange Rate Mechanism last year has had a poor effect on prices in Europe , causing them to rise — if Swan 's track record of success is anything to go by , Proteon 's results - at least in Europe — might well be expected to be turned round . |
12 | Mrs Postance believes that the heavy digging already completed to prepare the ground for the national curriculum has had a beneficial effect , at least on the teachers , even if the children have yet to reap the harvest : ‘ It 's focused our minds on what we are teaching . |
13 | She picked up the quartz crystal which , she believes , has had a beneficial effect on her well-being . |
14 | He believes that this estrangement has had a beneficial effect on his prose and that his fusion of English and French thought has resulted in a unique hybrid . |
15 | What 's more , UEFA can argue that the unique predicament of Red Star Belgrade has had a negative effect on the figures . |
16 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
17 | The massive aid operation ( the Red Cross allocated 20 per cent of their world budget to Somalia ) has had a visible effect , despite the odds stacked against it . |
18 | On the contrary , it is time to treat religion as something strange and outside the ordinary run of life , something which , mysteriously , has had a vast effect on people , over which wars were fought and people were burned and persecuted , and which still has an effect on people ; something which can not be reduced to mere kindness at the old people 's parties or village jumble sales , but which has inspired some of the most splendid painting , writing , music , and architecture ever to be produced by the human imagination , and is still capable of producing martyrdom , cruelty , and sectarian passion . |
19 | The market 's dramatic decline — from its 1989 peak of more than 600,000 barrels to about 400,000 last year — has had a sobering effect on brewers , and realism in now making a welcome return to their predictions of the market 's long-term potential . |
20 | The reduction in the cash available for people to spend due to the April 1988 social security changes and the highest interest rates ever ( enhanced by the multiplier effect ) , has had a major effect on the local economy , in reducing demand for locally produced goods and services . |
21 | Whether commissioned as a promotional tool or not , the showing of such films has had a major effect on the outside world 's perception of Edinburgh . |
22 | Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines . |
23 | This legislation has had a limited effect , as we shall show . |
24 | Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit . |
25 | Evidence is accumulating that the cap , in combination with the transfer of funds to the Research Councils , has had a serious effect on the intellectual life of the University , and its removal is earnestly awaited . |
26 | Those living in mid-water or along the shores have different problems and requirements , but for them too , the acquisition of a swim-bladder has had a potent effect on structure , for it has freed their body fins for all kinds of purposes . |
27 | All this , often broadcast by the media too , has had a detrimental effect on religion causing the age-old cry of the heart , " If there is a God why all this suffering ? " to be raised with ever-greater seriousness and urgency . |
28 | For the manual working class the pattern of mobility has had a double-edged effect , on the one hand increasing the possibility of ‘ social advancement ’ ( although this remains slim for men who have passed their mid-20s ) , while on the other reducing the influx of people from other backgrounds . |
29 | Here , the introduction of the hybrid maize variety SR 52 has had a dramatic effect on yields of maize . |
30 | A second major influence which has had a dramatic effect in the second half of the century has been the educational approach . |